On 24th October 2008 Hallidays Business Advisers and Accountants combined their two offices in Manchester and Bramhall and moved into purpose built premises at Kings Reach Business Park, Stockport. They are celebrating this anniversary on 7th November with clients, prospects and team members. “Before the move we had already stopped using timesheets and were offering […]
On Saturday 19th October Wye Valley Brewery threw open their doors to the public for a special Open Day in association with h.Energy. Visitors came from as far afield as Oxford and Derby to experience a taste of Wye Valley Brewery hospitality. Over 600 people enjoyed brewery tours, where they were able to see first-hand […]
SEVEN Cumbria breweries have taken top awards in a regional beer competition held in the South Lakes. Coniston, Hawkshead, Stringers of Ulverston, Barngates of Ambleside, Watermill, Keswick and Cumbrian Legendary Ales, picked up 16 awards between them out of the 39 on offer across 15 categories at the North West beer competition, staged in Staveley […]
THE final puffs of steam emanated from locomotive number three at Marston’s Burton brewery in 1967. It was an end of the steam era at the Shobnall Road site as, after 40 years, the company sold the saddletank engine to the Foxfield Light Railway Society based near Uttoxeter. There it was used by members of […]
Robinsons has announced plans to launch a series of apprenticeships, in partnership with Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and quality assured professional training providers Charnwood, to meet the needs of modern retailing. The Cheshire brewery has spent the last 12 months developing the offer with licensees and will aim to have 130 candidates on the […]
Today’s Propel Morning Briefing carries a comment from SIBA chairman Keith Bott on craft beer SIBA looks at changing ‘local’ to ‘craft’: SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, is discussing with its members the possibility of changing the words “local beer” in its logo to “craft beer”. The proposal comes as one leading small brewer, […]
A Cumbrian brewer is on a mission to transform people’s attitudes to drinking by offering up his specialist craft beers at a festival for independent brewers this week. Dave Bailey and his partner Ann Wedgwood, who run Millom’s Hardknott Brewery, will have three of their beers at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) festival in […]
Robinsons Brewery, based in Stockport, has achieved the coveted Gold mark at the World Beer Awards 2013 for its Ginger Tom ale. After winning the regional heat held in Europe, Ginger Tom – a richly flavoured dark oak coloured ale with distinctive aromas of peppery spice and sweet ginger – has beaten strong competition from […]
Brewery bosses who have opened seven pubs in seven years and created more than 150 jobs is forecasting further growth in 2014. Titanic Brewery has just launched the Cheshire Cheese, Buxton, its eighth North Midlands pub. The brewery is run by brothers Keith and Dave Bott. With a strong belief in the position of the […]
The Mumbles Oyster Company and the Mumbles Brewery Ltd have joined forces to produce a traditional oyster stout…..made with real oysters Contrary to the modern day perceptions of oysters as the food of the rich or as a rare treat, in Victorian times oysters were an everyday food for people living around British coasts. More […]